Wheel.



G. E. ROOT.

WHEEL.

APPLICATION rTLED Dnc. a, 1913.

1,120,53, Patented 1360.8, 1914.

CLAUDE E. ROOT, OF CAMBRIDGE SPRINGS, PENNSYLVANIA.

WHEEL.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 8, l1914.

Application led December 8` 1913. Serial No. 805,277.

To all yLc/Om 'it may concern.

Be it known that I, CLAUDE E. Roor, a citizen of the United States, residing at Cambridge Springs, in the county of Crawford and State ot' Pennsylvania. have invented certain new and useful Improvements in lVheels, ot which the following is a specification.

The invention relates to an improvement in wheels ot' the resilient type, comprehending specifically a wheel embodying sectional spokes with a spring controlled connection between the sections of the spokes, and with spring controlled connections between one section of the spoke and the wheel rim.

The main object of the present invention is the provision of a wheel embodying spokes arranged in telescopically arranged sections, the relatively outer section being pivotally connected to the wheel rim and yieldingly held in radial relation to such rim by remotely located springs, whereby all necessary movements of the wheel rim with relation to the spokes is permitted in the rotative movement of suoli wheel.

The invention in its preferred form of details will be described in the following specification, reference being had particularly to the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a view in elevation of the improved wheel. Fig; 2 is a broken section through the wheel taken at right angles to the axis. F ig. 3 is a sectional view taken at right angles to Fig. 2.,

The improved wheel, illustrated in the drawings, in its preferred form, comprises a hub 1 formed for the reception of the axle and including an annular radial extension 2, formed at appropriate intervals with sockets 3 having outwardly divergent end 'walls, as shown in Fic. 2.

The felly of the whel is in the form of an annular member t to which on the outer surface, is secured any desirable type of rim 5 for holding in place any desired type of tire 6. To the telly, at appropriate intervals, and corresponding in number to the number of sockets 3, are Asecured blocks 7, which are formed in their relatively inner faces with rounded depressions 8, the rounded planes of which are in the circumferential plane of the felly. A

The spokes comprise inner and outer sections 9 and l0, the former being in the form of rod like members pivotally connected within the sockets 3 by pivot bolts 11, eX-

tending through the annular member Q of thc hub. The outer ends of the sections 9 are 'lormed to provide disk heads 12 slidably fitting within the cylindrical hollow portions 13 oi the sections 10 of the spokes. The sections 13 are formed integral with what I term a bearing section 14. arranged at the outer end of the section 13 and including bearing arms 15, projecting laterally from and extending beyond the plane of the section 13, and a disk-like extension 1G projecting from the outer surface of the bearing member in line with the section 13.

The extension 16 of the hollow section of the spoke is rotatably mounted in the depression S in the block 7, a pi'vot pin 17 passing through the block and extension to pivotally connect the spoke section to the block for movement in al plane at right angles to the axis of the wheel. The bearing arms 15 extend in both directions beyond the block, and springs 1S of suitable strength are interposed between the lLt'ree ends of said arms and the wheel felly, pins 19 projecting from the felly maintaining the position of the springs, and at the same time serving to limit the movement of the arms toward the fellv.

A spring 20 is arranged within the hollow section 13 of the spoke, bearing at one end against the head 12, and at the opposite end against a silencer 21, preferably in the form of a hard rubber disk arranged within and at the outer end of the section 13.

Side plates :2Q are secured to the telly and overlie and protect the parts beyond the end of the hollow section 13, an inner plate 23 closing the space between the side plates. The plate is formed with openings Q-l to permit the passage therethrough of the rounded inner portion 25 of the bearing members. thereby permitting a swinging movement of said members, as will be obvious. The respective'blocks 7 are rounded to permit the necessary pivotal movement ot' the bearing members. The bearing members 14 are formed with passages 26 opening at one end to the pivot pin openings in the extensions 16. and at the opposite end at one side of the hollow sections 13, the passages providing o-il channels for lubricating the described connection.

From the above description, it willbe obvious that the improved spring wheel presents a completely resilient structure capable details of proportion, or of material 'is unimportant, as I contemplate any desired proportions of parts at any possible requirement, andthe use of such materials as may best serve the particular Jf'uiiction for which the wheel is designed.

YVhat is claimediszy x A spring wheel including a hub, a hollow elly, spokes includingtelescopically arranged inner an'd outer sections and cushioning means arranged between the sections, blocks secured within the felly, the outer sections of the spokes lbeing integrally enlarged and terminally formed beyond the enlargement with projections, means for ,Copies of this patent may be obtained for pivotally connecting the projections to the blocks, said enlarged portion tting within the hollow elly and being formed with a rounded portion to it an opening 'formed in the hollow Jelly in the closing the same extending latthe innerplate of full play, of the spoke, under all conditions, arms erally from the enlarged portion within the Y CLAUDE E. ROOT.

Witnesses: n

PEARL MONDEREAN, l FLORENCE A. HoUsToN.

tive cents each, 'by addressing the f Commissioner of lPatents,

Washington, D. C. 

